Shop and Store Signs Part 3

This gallery presents the collection of photos submitted for the World Of Signage Photo Contest by the readers of Smashing Magazine. We received over 2,500+ photos from our readers across the globe, and present a selection of the most interesting photos in the overview below.

The topic of this gallery is Shop and Store signs, i.e. dynamic signs of all shapes and sizes advertising shops and services by means of numerous inventive approaches. Please notice: each photo has a certain license, provided in the description of the photo. Before using the images for private or commercial projects, make sure that the license allows you to do so. Also, you can click on the photos for a larger preview.

Please feel free to take a look at other submissions as well (links to other galleries are listed in the end of this gallery).

Shop / store signs

Supermarket

Supermarket [ large preview ]
“Mat signage for JR’s Produce, a supermarket that supplements to the Hispanic/ Latino community in El Paso, TX. This is the only English sign in the entire store.” Licensed: All Rights Reserved 2010. By Angie Salazar from USA.

Department store

Department store [ large preview ]
“A way-finder in the department store in central Tokyo.” By Fumie Wada from Japan.

Shoestore label

Food on the go [ large preview ]
“A quick snapshot of the fastfood stores signages in one of my trips with my family. This was taken at around 6AM while we were buying some breakfast. I just used a point and shoot for this photo.” By Tyrone John Reyes from Philippines.

Defense de fumer

Supermercado (Supermarket)

Supermercado (Supermarket) [ large preview ]
“Painted sign on the back wall of a supermarket in Piriápolis (Uruguay).” Licensed: Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial No Derivatives. By Gabriela Costoya from Uruguay.

WD Stone Marker

WD Stone Marker [ large preview ]
“An old war department marker stone in the grounds of the Royal Victoria country park, Hampshire, England.” By John Kilmister from United Kingdom.

Vila Viniteca

Burek vs doughnut

Burek vs doughnut [ large preview ]
“This sign is really popular around here and belongs to a place where you can try one of our traditional meals. The funny thing is, it says BUREK (pastry filled with meat), SIRNICA (pastry filled with cheese), ZELJANICA (pastry filled with spinach), KROMPIRUSA (pastry filled with potatoes) and KROFNA (wich means doughnut) - which you can usually get only at the baker’s shop. Anyways, it’s causing laughter every single time you see it..” By Sabrina Krilic from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pertamina signage

Antiques Bazzar

Antiques Bazzar [ large preview ]
“Beautiful, if not very well shot, antique sign for an Antiques Bazzar in San Telmo, Buenos Aires, Argentina.” Licensed: Permission for use by Smashing Magazine is granted. By Paul Juniper from Australia.

Mixed Signals

R&R market

R&R market [ large preview ]
“Taken in Portland, Oregon at a market that is currently being renovated into something quite different. I took the picture because i was afraid they’d tear down the sign. It always brought me joy, it’s so beautiful. To my surprise, I think they might be leaving it up.” Photo taken by Stacey Korn from USA.

Rio Grande

For tonight

For tonight [ large preview ]
“A small experimental 30 seconds exposure shot to capture the glow of signage of CitiCentre Complex.” Photo taken by Sumeet Shakya from Nepal.

Thank you!

Thanks to all participants for taking their time for preparing and sending submissions for the contest and creating a unique and diversified gallery presented above. We truly appreciate and respect your efforts and your time, folks!